Clothes-drier



(No Model.)

F. E. GARNER. GLOTHES DRIER,

No. 441,481. Patented NOV. 25; 1890..

' citizen of the United States of America, resid- UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

FRANK. E. GARNER, OF CORNWVALL, CONNECTICUT.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,481, dated November 25, 1890.

Application filed September 4, 1890. Serial No. 363,930. (No model.)

To all whom it concern."

Be it known that I, FRANK. E. GARNER, a

ing at Cornwall, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Driers; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes-driers.

The object of the invention is to provide a frame or rack for drying clothes which will be portable and when folded will occupy but asmall amount of space and when extended present a series of bars in different vertical planes, upon which the clothes may be hung; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side View of a clothes-drier constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being extended. Fig. 2 is an end view.

AA refer to the legs or supports, which are pivotally secured to each other by a central bar B. These legs swing upon the bar B and are held apart when the frame is extended by catches C, pivoted at one end upon the rod a, the opposite ends being notched for engagement'with the rod a. Through the legs or supports pass rods 17 b, and above the same are rods 0 and 0, upon the latter being pivoted catches D, which engage with the rod d, connected to the ends of the arm E. A series of arms F are pivoted at one end upon the bar B and held from lateral movement thereon by means of collars f, the opposite ends carrying rods 01', upon which the clothes or other articles to be dried are suspended.

G refers to cords or flexible connections, which are attached at one end to the rods c, pass through the supports or legs A, and are suitably secured to each of the rods (1 adjacent to the pivoted arms F, the opposite ends of said flexible connections being secured to the rod d. These flexible connections serve to maintain the rods (1', when the frame is open, in such a position that they will be in different vertical planes, so that the articles to be dried when hung upon the rods willnot contact with each other. v

This clothes-drier opens somewhat after the manner of a fan, as the arms F are pivoted upon the bar B adjacent to each other, and the device is simple in construction and can be cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a portable clothes-drier, the legs A A, pivotally secured at their upper ends upon a central bar, said bar also carrying a series of arms E and F of equal length, rods secured to the ends of said arms, and flexible connections secured to the rod 0, which passes through one of the legs, and are attached to each of the rods 61' adjacent to the arms, the opposite ends of said flexible connections being secured to the rod d, carried by the arms E E, and a catch D, for holding the arms extended, substantially as set forth.

2. In a clothes-drier constructed substantially as shown and provided with supporting-legs, a series of arms carrying horizontal rods, and flexible connections G, secured thereto for holding and limiting the movement of the rods and supporting-arms, so that the rods will be held in different vertical planes, and catches for preventing the extension of the legs, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with the legs or supports A A, provided with horizontal rods, as shown, a central bar serving as a'pivot for said legs, arms E and F, pivotally secured to the central bar B, flexible connections G, and latches or catches C and D, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK. E. GARNER.

Witnesses:

JOHN MURRAY, LAURA. M. BALDWIN. 

